Base-ball-game apparatus.



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Patented Dec. 22; 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

BASEBALL-GAME ArPAnATUs.

WILLIAM McILROY, or ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

lAppl icati'on filed February 11, 1-914. Serial No. sigma,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that'I, WiLi'aAmM ILRoir, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rochester, in the county of Monroe and, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Base-Ball- Game Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable 'others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, refer-. ence being had .to'the accompanying draw,-

ings, andto the letters and figuresofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. i

This invention .relates to new and useful improvements in baseball game apparatus and the object in view is to produce a simple and efficient apparatus of this ,nature so arranged that the various plays ii'i'agame of ball. may be reproduced.

I My invention is illustrated .giii he .-accmpanying. drawings, in whichz-1- 1 7 Figure 1 's atop plan view of the apparatus. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview oi'i line. 2-2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectionon. line of Fig. 2. Fig. 4: is a sectional view. transverselythrough one corner of theframe of the apparatus. Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view of a closure for the reception'of the ball, and Fig. 6 is a View of oneof the men which are utilized for designating different locations where the players are -posi- Reference now being had to thedetails 0f the drawings by letter, A designates a board which has-a circumferential flange A to prevent the ball from rolling off the board and at the lower corner ofthe board is a slot Bin which a plate 0 isfastened by screws C and which plate carries a pivotal pin C upon which a bar D is pivotally i mounted, one end D of which bar has its] ends bent, at right angles and apertured for thereceptionof the longitudinal'sha-ft E,

' -which latter has; a scoop-shaped-end E for the reception of the ball A coiled spring H is mounted intermediate the outer end of said angle bar and a-washer I'which is held by means of a pinI'. ,A buffer spring K is mounted 'betWeen theheadE of said shaft and the adjacentangledend-Df of said-bar D. A rod 0 isfastened to the under surface of said bar D and has a conc'aved end 0' for the reception of the thumb: ofthe" ter V.

operator, as shown Fig. l of the drawings.

A movable trigger, has a(-pertured flanges Q, through which the rod passes, said trigger having-also an integral hook; head E oftheshaft E when it is desired to pullthe shaft back to put the spring H under tens on. Said trigger has a laterally extending hook Q over which one end of the coiled spring Q passes-and which spring has its free end. bridging the space Q formedin the plate forming the trigger, said spring being provided for the purpose of holding the index finger of the hand 'in said space, as shown in Fig. 1 i i Theseveral bases are designated in the drawings, the home plate by numeral 4, first base by numeral 1, second base by numeral 2, third base by numeral 3,, and inclosures,

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designated by lett Q,

Q for engagement over the designated respcctivelyby'letters J, are pofsitioned at various locations about the field andthe bottom ofeachof said inclosures,

one of which'is shown in enlarged detail in Fig. 5,--1s prov ded with upset portions J,

inclined upon their outer edges and pro;

similar spring-pressed shaft designated by letter S, with a head S at one end and said f" shaft is mounted upon a bar S pivotally. mounted upon a p votal pin S and saidbar S has an oscillating movement in a recess formed in the corner of the board, while the head thereof is adapted to have a range int'e'rmediate'the vertical partitions T which. extend out at right angles from the sides of the board. The home plate 4 is positioned l vided for the purpose of,-allowi ng th ball to roll into the inclosure but preventing the i midway between-the ends-of said partition. I

The various Inplaying'the game, batter is supposed to place the ball upon thev scoopshaped end E and, by catching the hookpart up over thehead of the shaft and pulling back upon the same, the spring Hwill be put undertensionJ A. lateral swinging movement to the trigger will release the men are designated byi'let- I shaft and the ballniay be fired toward the openingbetween the partitions T.. It is thepurpose of -the' -batter, who operates. the spring-pressed shaft with the head S. in

the diagonally oppositeend of the board,"

'I to ftri-ke t ll w h t e head S and, by

so doing, cause the same to rebound and *pass over one or the'other of the lines L, L

g the .space'fiintermediatethe home plate and the linejL, the player makes one base and one-"of, the fi res representinga'man' is placed'uponrst base. I mterme'diatethe lines L and L it repre- Sentsa t'wobasehit and, should the ball stop placed uponthird base and, if the ball stops 1n the 'corne'r at the extreme lower end of the board, it. designates a home the a eventiofthe person operating the spring.- press'ed plunger representing the batter fir counts; for an out. If'the ,ba-llfired by lowerendof the board strikes-the head S 1 and is :not returned into either of the spaces counting for a run, afoul iscounted' and,

a if the ball passesinto-the space intermediate I f 2.5 g

" with the'head S',"a' strike i's'recordedand,

if the ball fails to come within the space in-- termediate the partitions T, a ball is. count-- ed. The game 1s played in the same manner L t-l efas' the actual game of ball, threestrikes being ut a-ndabase being taken on four balls.

"11,-" What I claimltdbe'new is 31. A baseball game apparatus-comprising 35 membersfimounted ,at the diagonal? Esi'te. corners thereof, spring-presse shafts carried; by said members, a ball; holder-upon one of-the shafts, and means for releasing 1xthe hall 'carryingshaft.

baseball game: apparatus comprising mbination with a board, swiveled mom .corn'e' j ithereof, 'springepres-sed or;L In-the LeVent of'the ball stopping in.

If the ball stops intermediate the line L and L ,,a. man is ling the: ball into "one f of the inclosures,.it"

the' operator representing the pitcher at the the partitions T without coming in contact.

my combination with a .bo r i PP s amounted at diagonally o posite 'ried'bj said members and each shaft provided with a head, a buiferiii termediate each head and the member on which the shaft is mounted, a ball carr ing receptaclc at the end ofone shaft, an means for drawing the shaft back and releasing the same; f

Abaseball game apparatus comprising,

infjcombination' with" a" board, swiveled' members mounted at diagonally '0 posite t s car- I 55 vided with ahead, a buffer spring intermediate each head-and the member on which corners thereof, spring-pressed ,shaf ried by-said members and each shaft 'pro-' the shaftismoimte'd, a ball-carrying recep-. I

in combination :with' .aboard, swivele members mountedat diagonallyb po'site' corners thereof, spring-pressed sha ts carried'f'by said members and each shaft provide'd'with a head, a buffer spring intermediateeach, head and the member on which the shaft {is mounted, a ball carrying recep tacleatthe end of one shaft, an extension trod upon one member, a member having lat- 'er al ly projecting lugs which are apertured and adapted to moveupon 'said' extension, I

a' laterally} projecting hook poi'tion upon.-

the member with the lug thereon, and-a 'coiled spring engagingf'saidlaterally pro: jecting' hookiand de'signed'tohold a fingen against the edge of the lug member.

Intestimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM McILROY. Witnesses: v

ALBERT ERIC R.'BENT0N. 

